There were no injuries after a Southwest flight carrying passengers was hit by gunfire on the tarmac at Dallas Love Field Friday evening, authorities said.
Southwest Airlines Flight 2494 was preparing to take off for Indianapolis when “a bullet apparently struck the right side of the aircraft, under the cockpit,” a Southwest spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.
The airline said no one was injured. A Dallas Love Field spokesperson said in an email that the plane returned to its gate after sustaining damage from a “security incident” and passengers disembarked. The track was also temporarily closed, but has since reopened.
Dallas police confirmed the incident, saying officers responded to reports of shots fired at 9:48 p.m. local time and found the plane had been hit.
No further details were provided about the circumstances of the incident or the potential source of the gunfire. It is not clear how many people were on board the plane at the time, or how much damage the plane sustained.
In its own statement provided to CBS News, the Federal Aviation Administration said the Boeing 737-800 “was reportedly struck by gunfire near the cockpit.”
Dallas police are investigating the incident.
Gunshots earlier this week amid continued gang violence hit three planes who were landing in or leaving the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The shootings prompted the FAA to ban U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days.
